Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO

NATO

Finland and Sweden on Wednesday morning (18 May 2022) simultaneously handed in their official letters of application to join NATO.

The letters were conveyed by the Finnish Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and respectively, the Swedish Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff, to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Alliance's Brussels headquarters. Mr. Stoltenberg warmly welcomed the requests, saying "this is a good day, at a critical moment for our security."

Read the Secretary General's remarks

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